Our vision
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We are the seeding ground for entrepreneurial talent.
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Our mission
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We unleash the innovative potential of entrepreneurial ecosystems
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About START Global
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START Global is the leading initiative for fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs to change our world through Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation. We are the seeding ground for entrepreneurial talent.
Founded in 1996, we have been part of shaping the European Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for nearly three decades.
1000+ Alumni
Across our European Network we have helped over a thousand young talents enter the entrepreneurial ecosystem incl. founders like Stefan Jeshonek (SumUp) and Thomas Pischke (Trade Republic).
#1 in Europe
Across the European continent, no other student-run organisation exists that has a similar international impact for aspiring entrepreneurs and the next generation of entrepreneurial talent.
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But that’s not all. We are also:
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- The biggest early stage startup conference in Europe
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- The only conference which has that many attendees (~7000), with top universities nearby like TUM, KIT, EPFL, ETH
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- The place where talents from Europe’s best universities, the most promising startups and the biggest early stage investors meet.
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- An ever-growing conference since its creation in 1996.
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- Trusted by the Swiss confederation, Sequoia, Accel, Index Ventures and many more.
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- Trusted by personalities like Eric Schmidt (Former CEO of Google), Karin Keller-Suter (Swiss Federal Chancellor), Mario Götze (World Cup Winner) or Jürgen Schmidhuber (Father of Modern AI)
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- 2 days of insights/meetings worth months of progress
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- We are in the ecosystem where the talents of the next generation are formed thanks to our proximity to some of the best universities of Europe
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Key facts/data about START Summit 2024
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7’000 Attendees
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